Poached Pink Pear Delight Recipes

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine wine, water, vanilla bean and lemon juice. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add pears to poaching liquid and poach for 8 minutes. Remove pears from poaching liquid and continue to reduce sauce by one-half to one-third. Plate pears and pour reduced sauce around each one.

Steps:

• Combine the wine, sugar, cinnamon stick, star anise, clove, orange zest and vanilla bean in a deep pot and bring to a simmer. Add the pears, cover with a heatsafe plate (making sure that it fully submerges the fruit) and cook on low heat until you can pierce the pears easily with a knife, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Serve with whipped cream and ground cinnamon.

Steps:

• Put the sugar, honey, jelly and tea bags into a big saucepan with 600ml water and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Add the pear halves, then cover and simmer for 12-15 mins until the pears are just tender - poke them with a skewer or the tip of a knife.
• Lift out the pears, then turn up the heat, throw in the cranberries and boil for a few mins until syrupy. Discard the tea bags. Serve the pears with the warm syrup poured over and a spoonful of crème fraîche or yogurt.

Steps:

• Peel the pears leaving stem attached.
• Into each pear stick 1 clove, place in deep pot.
• Add sugar, wine, water and food coloring to give desired color.
• Simmer very gently until pears are clear and syrup is thick, basting now and then.
• Chill.
• Serve cold as salad or dessert.

Steps:

• Combine flour, soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl.
• Make a well in center of mixture. Combine oil, eggs, sugar, pears, nuts and vanilla.
• Add to dry ingredients, st irring just until moistened.
• Spoon mixture into 2 greased 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 inch loaf pans.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until done. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans.
• Yields: 2 loaves.
• Good with coffee.

Steps:

• Sift flour and salt together together in a bowl.
• Whisk egg and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract together in a small bowl.
• Combine butter, white sugar, and 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in egg mixture. Add flour and salt gradually, beating until dough comes together.
• Turn dough out on a large piece of plastic wrap; wrap and chill until firm, at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper; spread dough in an even layer on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until center is firm and edges are golden, 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely.
• Whisk cream cheese, 1/4 confectioners' sugar, and 1 tablespoon vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth. Spread icing over the cooled crust.
• Cover icing with sliced pears, overlapping slices slightly.
• Combine 3 tablespoons brown sugar and red wine in a small saucepan over low heat; stir until brown sugar is dissolved, 3 to 5 minutes. Add cinnamon and ginger. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until reduced to a syrup, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Coat pear slices with syrup using a pastry brush. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons brown sugar on top.
• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Broil pizza until brown sugar melts and browns, about 3 minutes. Grate fresh nutmeg over pizza; cut into squares.

Steps:

• 1. Combine all the ingredients except the pears in a pot and bring to a simmer.
• 2. Carefully lower the pears into the liquid (adding up to 1 cup water to make sure the fruit is fully submerged).
• 3. Simmer until the pears are tender, 15 to 17 minutes for small pears, 25 to 30 minutes for large ones.
• 4. Cool the pears in the cooking liquid for 30 minutes before serving, or store them in the refrigerator (still in the liquid) for up to a week.

Steps:

• Mix 2 cups sugar and 4 cups water in 4-qt. saucepan. Bring to boil on medium-high heat, cook 2 min. or until sugar is completely dissolved, stirring frequently.
• Add pears; partially cover pan with lid. Simmer on medium-low heat 20 min. or just until pears are tender, stirring after 10 min. Remove pears from liquid; discard pear liquid.
• Microwave chocolate and remaining water in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min. Stir until chocolate is completely melted and smooth. Add remaining sugar; mix well. Microwave on HIGH 1-1/2 min. or until sugar is dissolved, stirring after 45 sec.
• Stir in butter and vanilla until butter is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Spoon over pears.